Abstract

AbstractThe pyrochlore structure type, A1−2 B2 O6 Y0−1, is a common phase in polycrystalline waste forms. A principal concern has been the effect of alpharecoil events on the longterm stability of these phases. Naturally occurring minerals of the pyrochlore group provide an example of the full range of radiation effects from fully crystalline to xray diffraction amorphous (the metamict state). Xray absorption spectroscopy is used to investigate the coordination geometry of Tisites in metamict and annealed (1,000°C) pyrochlores. The principal effects in the fullydamaged material (∼4026 alpha events/m3) compared to annealed samples include an increase in the asymmetry of the Tisite and a slight reduction in bond length and coordination number.

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